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From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: mention message properties API, dump/restore
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:19:25 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160925011925.21668-1-david@tethera.net> (raw)

---
 NEWS | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0fd6d72..2f15ccd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ Support for named queries
   `query:name` format. The expansion of these queries is stored in the
   database and they can be used from any notmuch client.
 
+Library
+-------
+
+Message property API
+
+  libnotmuch now supports the attachment of arbitrary key-value pairs
+  to messages. These can be used by various tools to manage their
+  private data without polluting the user tag space. They also support
+  iteration of values with the same key or same key prefix.
+
 CLI
 ---
 
@@ -30,12 +40,12 @@ Support for compile time options
   config. Initial keys in this group are `compact`, `field_processor`,
   and `retry_lock`.
 
-Dump/Restore support for configuration information
+Dump/Restore support for configuration information and properties
 
   Any configuration information stored in the database (initially just
-  named queries) is dumped and restored. Any new information in the
-  dump format is prefixed by '#' to allow existing scripts to ignore
-  it.
+  named queries) is dumped and restored. Similarly any properties
+  attached to messages. Any new information in the dump format is
+  prefixed by '#' to allow existing scripts to ignore it.
 
 Emacs
 -----
-- 
2.9.3

             reply	other threads:[~2016-09-25  1:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-25  1:19 David Bremner [this message]
2016-09-25 11:36 ` [PATCH 1/5] NEWS: mention message properties API, dump/restore David Bremner
2016-09-25 11:36   ` [PATCH 2/5] NEWS: document mtime bugfix David Bremner
2016-09-25 11:36   ` [PATCH 3/5] NEWS: note dropping of User-Agent header David Bremner
2016-09-25 11:36   ` [PATCH 4/5] NEWS: note notmuch-reply refactor David Bremner
2016-09-25 11:36   ` [PATCH 5/5] NEWS: fix headline for go bindings NEWS David Bremner
2016-09-27 12:24   ` [PATCH 1/5] NEWS: mention message properties API, dump/restore David Bremner

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